New Hebrides Takes
p. 139 · Read in the full issue
To The Air
The number of flights by com mercial aircraft in the New Hebrides last year was more than seven times the number in 1959, according to figures published recently in the Bulletin d'lnformation of the French Residency in Vila.
Flights last year totalled more than 3,400 compared with 444 in 1959 and just over 2,000 in 1964.
Eighteen airfields are now in use in the New Hebrides compared with four in 1959. The most frequently used airfields last year were Bauer field at Vila (2,206 movements), Santo (1,488), Norsup, Malekula (681), Tongoa (608), Lenakel, Tanna (453), Walaha, Aoba (427), Longana, Aoba (392), Lonore, Pentecost (168), and Erromanga (144).